Statement
My art explores the concept of Wholeness or Oneness through color, form natural dyes, lines, shapes and textures to create a diverse combination that represents broken cycles and the whole. Color and shapes symbolize wholeness, where individual parts combine to create a unified whole. Each shade or shape is a necessary aspect, showcasing their interconnectedness.
This theme resonates with my own life as a fiber artist, biochemist and pharmacist – seemingly disparate roles that share a common thread: the pursuit of understanding life’s mysteries.
I navigate the world with both intuition and reason. While logic unravels facts,my unconscious mind often guides me towards a deeper, holistic understanding. This unique blend allows me to access a sense of wholeness within myself and with nature.
Growing up in Argentina during turbulent times, granddaughter of eastern European immigrants, and navigating cultural differences after immigrating to the US have shaped my journey. Home sometimes becomes a difficult term to define.
Working with native Florida plants for natural dyes offers me a powerful connection to my adopted home. Through nature and color, I feel a growing sense of belonging. In nature I find a sense of home, of wholeness.
Bio
Debora Rosental is a Fiber Artist, Biochemist, Pharmacist, and Dr. in Cellular Biology. As a scientist by training and an artist by nature, she delves into the unknown, seeking the oneness within and a profound connection with nature.
Born in Argentina and making a home in Florida, her creative journey has been shaped by this unique blend of disciplines, leading her to explore the profound connections between color, nature, and cultural heritage. Debora’s interest in natural dyes from native Florida plants became crucial to her work and her understanding of the intimate relationship between memory, identity and landscape.
Her work has been exhibited in prestigious institutions, such as Coral Gables Museum, the Handweaving Museum, Florida International University, and the Harvest Project.
Debora explores resilience, equality, and the broken relationship with nature through her weaving, embroidery and natural dyeing, using local plants and working towards sustainability.
Group Exhibitions
2025
Making our Marks 2025, International Society of Experimental Artists.
Threading the Americas from North to South, part of Threading the City, Fiber Artists Miami Association in collaboration with Museum of Contemporary Art of the Americas. Miami, FL.
Ancestral Lines, Coral Springs Museum of Art in collaboration with Fiber Artists Miami Association. Coral Springs, FL.
Achromatic, Coral Springs Museum of Art. Coral Springs, FL.
Quartet in 29 parts – 2025 Biennial, CollaborArtive at Saladrigas Gallery at Belen Jesuit . Miami,FL.
Neither Here Nor There. Miami International Fine Arts and Yi Chin Hsieh. Miami,FL.
Innovations 2025, International Society of Experimental Artists .Ormond Beach, FL.(upcoming September 2025)
Don’t be Absurd.The Camp Gallery. Miami, FL. (upcoming October 2025).
2024
Making our Marks 2024, International Society of Experimental Artists.
Paper Deux, CollaborArtive, Florida International University. Miami , FL
New Age .Naturalist Gallery of Contemporary Art.
Weaving Identity & Belonging. Oh Art Foundation, Zhou B Art Center, Echoes. Chicago, IL.
Hispanic Heritage Doral Art Exhibit. Cultural Arts Center. Doral, FL.
Unraveling Surrealism: Celebrating Women’s Narratives through Contemporary Fiber Art. Hartvest Project and Fiber Artists Miami Association. Pinecrest Gardens, Miami,FL.
The Camp Gallery, 77 Women Pulling at the Threads of Social Discourse: We Got The Power. Miami, FL.
Circularity, Fiber Artists of San Antonio co-hosted by Spare Parts. San Antonio, TX.
Beyond The Boundaries, Los Colores de Miami 2024.Instituto Cultural de Mexico en Miami. Miami, FL.
Intimate Visions of Nature,Hartvest Project, Art in the Gardens. Pincrest Gardens, Miami, FL.
2023
El Hilo Conductor II , Instituto Cultural de Mexico, Consulado General de Ecuador en Miami. Miami, FL.
Climate ChangeLas, Lagunas Art Gallery. Laguna Beach, CA.
Botanical 2023, Las Lagunas Art Gallery. Laguna Beach, CA.
Exhibizione, Biafarin. “Gardenia 2023”. Canada.
Abrazo, Gillia Gallery, Verum Ultimatum Art Gallery. Portland, OR.
Water,La Laguna Art Gallery. Laguna Beach,Mission Viejo,CA.
Elements, Exhibixione, Biafarin, , Canada.
Color Culture : Our History through Fiber, Thousand Islands Arts Center. Clayton, NY.
This is not a Doll’s House , Women Pulling at the Threads of Social Discourse, The Camp Gallery.Miami, FL.
American Denim, Miami International Fine Arts Gallery and Fiber Artists Miami Association. Doral, FL
2022
Women Pulling at the Threads of Social Discourse, The Camp Gallery, Museum of Contemporary Art. Westport, CT.
Coral Reef ,Thrive or Die game, Lives Arts Miami, Miami Dade College, Adriene Arsht Center, Pearldamour’s Ocean Filibuster. Miami, FL
Life at Street Level,Hartvest Project, Pinecrest Gardens, Fiber artists Miami Association and World Textile Art. Miami, FL.
A Room of our own, Threading the City, The Camp Gallery, Fiber artists Miami Association, and World Textile Art. Miami, FL
The Migrant Experience, Instituto Cultural de Mexico, Fiber artists Miami Association , and World Textile Art . Miami, FL
2021
Objeto y Estructura Textil, Encuentro de Arte Textil del Centro del País. Río Cuarto, Córdoba, Argentina
Warp & Weft ,The Frank C. Ortiz Art Gallery. Pembroke Pines, FL
Sew to tell, Coral Gables Museum. Miami, FL.
The Quilt ,64 Women Pulling at the Threads of Social Discourse, The Camp Gallery ,and Fiber Artists Miami Association. Miami, FL
Threading Thoughts,The Camp Gallery. Miami, FL
2020
40 Women Pulling at the Threads of Social Discourse.The Camp Gallery , and Fiber Artists Miami Association. Miami, FL.
Miami Art Week 2020, Art Basel. Sagamore Hotel, Miami Beach, FL